Trump says there is a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi thanked Iran’s armed forces and said military operations against Israel “continued until the very last minute,” hinting that hostilities may have ended.

Earlier, Araghchi had said Iran would halt its military response if Israel stopped its strikes on Iran by 4 a.m. local time in Tehran, which is 30 minutes ahead of Israel. Araghchi’s latest post came just after 4 a.m. in Israel.

“Together with all Iranians, I thank our brave Armed Forces who remain ready to defend our dear country until their last drop of blood, and who responded to any attack by the enemy until the very last minute.”

CNN’s Fareed Zakaria reacts to President Donald Trump announcing a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, which he says he hopes to become permanent. Neither Iran nor Israel has made any comments about a pending ceasefire.

House Democrats are divided over US President Donald Trump’s handling of Iran after he announced a ceasefire between Iran and Israel that the US helped broker after the president authorized strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities this weekend.

Here’s what some lawmakers are saying:

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks in a joint press briefing on December 30, 2024.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said there was currently no ceasefire agreement with Israel, but said Iran would halt its military response if Israel stopped its strikes on Iran by 4 a.m. local time there.

“As Iran has repeatedly made clear: Israel launched war on Iran, not the other way around,” Araghchi said in a post on X.

“As of now, there is NO ‘agreement’ on any ceasefire or cessation of military operations.”

Araghchi added that if Israel stops its “illegal aggression” against Iran “no later than 4 a.m. Tehran time, we have no intention to continue our response afterwards.”

It is coming up to 4:30 a.m. local time in Tehran.

“The final decision on the cessation of our military operations will be made later,” he said.

Some context: A senior White House official previously told CNN that Israel agreed to a ceasefire deal on the condition that Iran stop its attacks in their country. Iran agreed to those terms, the source said.

US President Donald Trump made a series of phone calls to members of Congress and others about how the freshly-brokered ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran came together.

The White House was largely silent throughout the day on Monday, leaving virtually all communication to the president’s social media account. But officials began offering more details, even as they kept careful watch as the first proposed ceasefire deadline approached in the Middle East.

Trump is scheduled to travel to the NATO summit on Tuesday.

Israel launched multiple attacks in different areas of the Iranian capital Tehran, Iran’s state-aligned Tasnim news agency reported early Tuesday local time.

In a photo geolocated by CNN, a large plume of dark smoke was seen rising from central Tehran.

The action came after Israel earlier warned residents in the neighborhoods of Mehran and District 6 that it will carry out operations there. Earlier, the military had also issued evacuation warnings for District 7.

Israel agreed to the ceasefire deal on the condition that Iran stop its attacks in their country, a senior White House official told CNN. Iran agreed to those terms, the source said.

During the negotiations, US President Donald Trump communicated directly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff negotiated the terms, through direct and indirect channels, with the Iranians.

The White House maintains that the deal was only possible due to the US strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities on Saturday.

Trump also spoke directly with the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, during which he thanked him for his help in mediating the ceasefire agreement, the official said.

Within the last half hour, Trump has returned to the West Wing, where the Marine is standing watch.

He had originally returned to the residence shortly after 6 pm. An official said he’s making calls. He is not expected to make any more public appearances Monday.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani attends a press conference in Doha on October 24, 2024.

Iran agreed to a US-proposed ceasefire with Israel following talks mediated by the Qatari government, a diplomat briefed on the talks told CNN.

US President Donald Trump asked the Emir of Qatar to broker the ceasefire agreement with Iran, the diplomat said, following Iran’s retaliatory attacks against a US base in Qatar.

The Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani secured Iran’s agreement on Monday, the official said, which Trump then announced to the world on social media.

Neither the Israeli nor Iranian governments have yet confirmed their agreement to the ceasefire.

CNN’s Clarissa Ward is in Tel Aviv as Iran launched strikes toward a US military base in neighboring Qatar, but according to one source, the Iranians warned the Qataris that the strikes were coming. In short, the US likely knew ahead of time. Ward breaks down why Tehran issued the warning and what it did.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with his narrow security cabinet, a source familiar with the matter said.

The meeting includes:

The meeting comes after Netanyahu met with his broader security cabinet.

President Donald Trump spoke with the Emir of Qatar today and told him that the US was able to get Israel to agree to a ceasefire with Iran, said a source familiar with the matter.

Trump then asked Qatar to work on persuading Iran to also agree to a ceasefire, the source said. Vice President JD Vance then coordinated with the Qatari Prime Minister’s office on details.

After speaking with the Qatari Prime Minister the Iranians agreed to the ceasefire proposal, the source said.

CNN has reached out to the White House for comment.

Trump also spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to broker that side of the deal, a US official says, in a series of phone calls that Trump, Vance and others had today.

Approximately 250 US citizens, permanent residents and their immediate family members have departed Israel on US-facilitated flights, a State Department official said Monday.

There have been seven flights total since Saturday, the official said. Those flights have arrived in Greece, Italy and Cyprus.

“We are grateful to our partners in these countries for receiving these flights,” the official said.

A group of senior House Democrats plan to introduce their own version of a War Powers Resolution that would order President Donald Trump to end US involvement in Iran, according to two people familiar with the discussions.

Rep. Jim Himes, the top Democrat on House Intelligence Committee, is leading the push, alongside Rep. Greg Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee.

The measure is expected to be more nuanced than the anti-interventionist resolution led by GOP Rep. Thomas Massie and progressive Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna, which does not allow the US to defend its own interests or those of US allies.

Massie, Khanna and other co-sponsors have been fiercely opposed to any US action in Iran.

House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to media inside the Capitol on Monday.

House Speaker Mike Johnson reacted to President Donald Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran by praising the president’s leadership, saying that “this is what peace through strength looks like.”

Calling it “a really, really big day,” and “historic,” Johnson also said that calls from other lawmakers for a War Powers resolution potentially limiting the president’s authority to issue further strikes on Iran was “kind of a moot point now, isn’t it?”

And Johnson said that he expected to be briefed on the developments tomorrow, saying that a briefing had already been planned but “it’ll be a little different in its in its tone I suspect now.”

US and Qatari Patriot air defense batteries intercepted Iranian missiles on Monday, US Central Command said in a statement.

US Vice President JD Vance speaks in Huger, South Carolina, on May 1.

US Vice President JD Vance sidestepped when asked if the Trump administration knows where Iran’s highly enriched uranium is located during an interview on Fox News.

President Donald Trump has said US strikes on Saturday “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s nuclear facilities. Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine said Sunday morning that it was “way too early” to comment on whether Iran still retains some nuclear capabilities.

Vance said the location of the uranium wasn’t the important question, adding: “Our goal was to bury the uranium, and I do think the uranium is buried.”

CNN has reported that early assessments raise questions over whether the US destroyed the bulk of the country’s enriched nuclear material with the weekend strikes.

“If they, in fact, moved the 60% highly enriched uranium, the big concern, and this is, again, what we destroyed, is their ability to enrich uranium, if they have 60% enriched uranium, but they don’t have the ability to enrich it to 90% and further, they don’t have the ability to convert that to a nuclear weapon,” he continued.

Touting the American strikes on Iran as a success, Trump has said numerous times that the key nuclear sites were completely “obliterated,” however, the US appears to have held back its most powerful bombs against one of the three facilities included in the operation, raising questions about whether it finished the job.

Israel’s military has issued new evacuation warnings for Tehran, telling residents in the neighborhoods of Mehran and District 6 that it will carry out operations there.

Earlier, the military had issued evacuation warnings for District 7.

National security analyst Peter Bergen details why Iran’s strike against a US airbase in Qatar was “a gamble” considering the relationship between the two countries.

You can also view this video on YouTube Shorts.

A big strike blast was heard in Tehran by CNN’s team on the ground.

President Donald Trump is seen in The Situation Room on June 21.

President Donald Trump announced what he called “a Complete and Total” ceasefire between Israel and Iran in a post on social media Monday evening, which he hopes will become permanent. The ceasefire is set to start in approximately six hours, the president said.

Neither Iran nor Israel has made any comments about a pending ceasefire. The ceasefire will be phased in during the next 24 hours, according to the president’s post.

“Officially, Iran will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 12th Hour, Israel will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 24th Hour, an Official END to THE 12 DAY WAR will be saluted by the World. During each CEASEFIRE, the other side will remain PEACEFUL and RESPECTFUL,” the president wrote.

In an interview on Fox News that began moments after the president’s announcement, Vice President JD Vance praised Trump for getting the deal “across the finish line.”

“We were actually working on that just as I left the White House to come over here. So that’s good news, that the president was able to get that across the finish line,” Vance said.

Vance also said that he read a draft of Trump’s post “two minutes before we went on the air” and that it was “a little bit different from what the president had showed me a couple of hours ago. But again, I knew that he was working the phones as I was on the way over here.”

“Iran is incapable of building a nuclear weapon with the equipment they have, because we destroyed it,” Vance added.

CNN has reached out to the White House for additional information on the ceasefire.

This post has been updated with more details from Trump’s social media post and JD Vance’s comments.